leather_bound
1716 · Paris & Brussels
by Huet, Pierre Daniel
Paris & Brussels: Antoine-Urbain Coustelier & Jean Leonard, 1716. Second edition. leather_bound. Contemporary calf backed boards, tan leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good. 446, (50) Index. 16 x 10.5. [a8-b4,A-Hh8]. Churchman, scholar, a tutor to the Dauphin in 1670, elected to the Academie francais in 1674, Huet owed his reputation the immense number of his writings. This work, a survey of the maritime history of the ancient Mediterranean, the shipping routes taken, also adumbrates the commercial negotiations between the trade partners. Includes material related to the Americas. ALDEN & LANDIS 716/70. KRESS 299. Firm, tight, clean copy; library stamp paste-down front endpaper and title page, raised bands, backstrip head chipped. Blue bookstamp of Katedral Skolans Bibliotek Lund. (Inventory #: 18250)